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Soil, Finite Element Methods

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Dajiang Geng
China Construction Eighth Engineering Division (China)
2
Mingzhong Wan
Unknown
3
L. Gong
Swansea University
4
Cristian Pisarciuc
Transylvania University of Brașov
5
Jinduo Yang
Chang'an University
6
Aysan Poorjafar
Unknown
7
Yanhao Zheng
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
8
Janina Datz
Technical University of Munich
9
Jinrong Mou
Unknown
10
Yibo Xi
Zhejiang University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Experimental and MPM modelling of widened levee failure under the combined effect of heavy rainfall and high riverine water levels
Computers and Geotechnics|2025
72 cit.
2
Pre- and post-failure behaviour of a dike after rapid drawdown of river level based on material point method
Computers and Geotechnics|2024
52 cit.
3
Pore structure response of reconstituted kaolin and illite-smectite mixed-layer rich clay to 1D compression
Applied Clay Science|2025
45 cit.
4
Study on the peak shaving performance of coupled system of compressed air energy storage and coal-fired power plant
Journal of Energy Storage|2024
36 cit.
5
Quantitative risk assessment of road posed by levee slope failure: A novel framework integrating Monte Carlo simulation and material point method
Engineering Geology|2025
29 cit.
6
Formation mechanism of metastable internal support microstructure in Malan Loess and its implications for collapsibility
Engineering Geology|2024
24 cit.
7
Relationship Between Pore-Size Distribution and 1D Compressibility of Different Reconstituted Clays Based on Fractal Theory
Fractal and Fractional|2025
23 cit.
8
Extreme load extrapolation and long-term fatigue assessment of offshore wind turbine tower based on monitoring data
Ocean Engineering|2024
19 cit.
9
A study of pore properties in reconstituted Lucera clay at states of the critical state framework
Géotechnique|2025
10 cit.
10
Cascading failure in levee systems: A two-stage material point method framework
Computers and Geotechnics|2026
10 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Yuhao Wei
Ocean University of China
2
Hao Dong
Xi'an Jiaotong University
3
Huijin Jin
Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
4
Gui‐Li Tian
Jilin University
5
Wanying Yun
Northwestern Polytechnical University
6
Baofu Ma
China Communications Construction Company (China)
7
Honggui Di
Shaanxi University of Science and Technology
8
Ning Dai
Tongji University
9
Yang Caiqiong
Northwestern Polytechnical University
10
Lalsangzela Sailo
Mizoram University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Advancing sustainable manufacturing: a systematic exploration of Industry 5.0 supply chains for sustainability, human-centricity, and resilience
Production Planning & Control|2024
82 cit.
2
Reliability analysis of bending fatigue life of hydraulic pipeline
Reliability Engineering & System Safety|2022
48 cit.
3
What is Agile Project Management? Developing a New Definition Following a Systematic Literature Review
Project Management Journal|2024
48 cit.
4
Attitude deviation prediction of shield tunneling machine using Time-Aware LSTM networks
Transportation Geotechnics|2024
47 cit.
5
A coupled adaptive radial-based importance sampling and single-loop Kriging surrogate model for time-dependent reliability analysis
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2022
23 cit.
6
Impact of FinTech on the industrial structural transformation: Evidence from China's resource-based cities
Resources Policy|2024
17 cit.
7
An efficient Kriging model-based importance sampling method for estimating the failure probability-based parameter global sensitivity index with uncertain distribution parameters
Aerospace Science and Technology|2022
14 cit.
8
A data-driven and physics-based model for assessing real-world usage behavior impacts on electric vehicle battery life
Journal of Energy Storage|2025
9 cit.
9
An innovative adaptive Kriging-based parallel system reliability method under error stopping criterion for efficiently analyzing the global reliability sensitivity index
Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization|2024
8 cit.
10
An efficient algorithm for analyzing multimode structure system reliability by a new learning function of most reducing average probability of misjudging system state
Reliability Engineering & System Safety|2022
6 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Andrea Saltelli
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2
Subrata Mukherjee
Tata Steel (India)
3
Teruo Nakai
Kyoto University
4
Dominique Leguillon
Sorbonne Université
5
Robert L. Taylor
University of California, Berkeley
6
Grady B. Wright
University of Utah
7
Francis K. Mante
University of Pennsylvania
8
M. Ortíz
California Institute of Technology
9
De’an Sun
Shanghai University
10
Young Ku
Henan Agricultural University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Variance based sensitivity analysis of model output. Design and estimator for the total sensitivity index
Computer Physics Communications|2009
3.3k cit.
2
Improved numerical dissipation for time integration algorithms in structural dynamics
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics|1977
2.4k cit.
3
Making best use of model evaluations to compute sensitivity indices
Computer Physics Communications|2002
2.1k cit.
4
Computational modelling of impact damage in brittle materials
International Journal of Solids and Structures|1996
2k cit.
5
An effective screening design for sensitivity analysis of large models
Environmental Modelling & Software|2007
2k cit.
6
Importance measures in global sensitivity analysis of nonlinear models
Reliability Engineering & System Safety|1996
1.9k cit.
7
A Quantitative Model-Independent Method for Global Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output
Technometrics|1999
1.7k cit.
8
Consistent tangent operators for rate-independent elastoplasticity
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering|1985
1.7k cit.
9
Boundary Element Techniques. Theory and Applications in Engineering
Journal of Applied Mechanics|1985
1.5k cit.
10
A Quantitative Model-Independent Method for Global Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output
Technometrics|1999
1.4k cit.

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